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Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has categorically refuted claims that Jamaica is a failed state. Speaking at the 37th Annual Awards Banquet of the Jamaica Manufacturers Association at the Hilton Hotel on Thursday (May 19), Mr. Patterson said the fact that one of the largest international banking conglomerates in the hemisphere has maintained Jamaica as a leading profit center in its...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has categorically refuted claims that Jamaica is a failed state. Speaking at the 37th Annual Awards Banquet of the Jamaica Manufacturers Association at the Hilton Hotel on Thursday (May 19), Mr. Patterson said the fact that one of the largest international banking conglomerates in the hemisphere has maintained Jamaica as a leading profit center in its...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday (May 18) approved the Overseas Examination Commission Act 2005, paving the way for the Commission to be converted into a statutory body. Education, Youth and Culture Minister Maxine Henry Wilson, who piloted the Bill, said the legislation would facilitate the placing into statute, the roles, responsibilities and structure of the Overseas Examination Committee and...

The number of industrial disputes reported to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security for the 2004/05 fiscal year fell to 131, from 165 for the previous year. Making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House on May 17, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Horace Dalley attributed the decrease of industrial disputes to dialogue between the...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security generated an estimated revenue intake of $160 million from issuing work permits to foreign nationals employed to work in the island, during the 2004/05 fiscal year. This disclosure was made by the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Horace Dalley during his presentation in the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House on May...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, has congratulated the St. Ann Association of Branch Societies for the "tremendous work" they have been doing as a farmers' lobby group, catering to the needs and interest of communities in the parish. "Although the agricultural sector in general has been experiencing different kinds of setbacks and constraints from the...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday (May 18) approved the Overseas Examination Commission Act 2005, paving the way for the Commission to be converted into a statutory body. Education, Youth and Culture Minister Maxine Henry Wilson, who piloted the Bill, said the legislation would facilitate the placing into statute, the roles, responsibilities and structure of the Overseas Examination Committee and...

The number of industrial disputes reported to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security for the 2004/05 fiscal year fell to 131, from 165 for the previous year. Making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House on May 17, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Horace Dalley attributed the decrease of industrial disputes to dialogue between the...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security generated an estimated revenue intake of $160 million from issuing work permits to foreign nationals employed to work in the island, during the 2004/05 fiscal year. This disclosure was made by the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Horace Dalley during his presentation in the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House on May...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, has congratulated the St. Ann Association of Branch Societies for the "tremendous work" they have been doing as a farmers' lobby group, catering to the needs and interest of communities in the parish. "Although the agricultural sector in general has been experiencing different kinds of setbacks and constraints from the...

Parents and teachers in Trelawny are encouraged to come out and participate in the Western early childhood exposition, to he held at the Hague Showground in Falmouth on Thursday, May 26.The event, which is being held as part of Child Month activities, is designed to provide parents with the necessary information to prepare their children for school. According to Audrey...

As part of Labour Day 2005 activities on May 23, members of the public are being urged to take in their used lead acid batteries to designated temporary depots island wide. The appeal comes in light of the impending June launch of a National Used Lead Acid Battery Project by the Ministry of Land and Environment in collaboration with several...